Comedy makes us suffer better
Amanda Miller on the power of her artform
08/08/2017 … Finding what’s funny about painful experiences is what helps me get through life.
2017 Archives
Tue 08 August 2017
Lucy Porter: Choose Your Battles
Edinburgh Fringe comedy review by Paul Fleckney
08/08/2017 … 'I’m the most controversial comedian at the Fringe,' says Lucy Porter.
Cate loves Lucy
Blanchette tipped to star in comedian's biopic
08/08/2017 … Cate Blanchett is set to play Lucille Ball in a new biopic of the comedian’s life.
Annie McGrath: Wolf-whistled by a five-year-old
08/08/2017 … Comedian Annie McGrath says she was wolf-whistled by a small child.
Paddy McGuinness to host tribute act show
08/08/2017 … Paddy McGuinness is to host a new BBC One show hailing tribute acts.
Mon 07 August 2017
New York comedy festival announces line-up
The Tenderloins, Bill Maher, Kevin Smith and more...
07/08/2017 … Bill Maher, Nick Offerman, Kevin Smith and Impractical Jokers stars The Tenderloins are among the comedians who will be playing this year’s New York…
© BBC Finn Cole joins Slaughterhouse Rulez
Peaky Blinders star joins Simon Pegg and Nick Frost
07/08/2017 … Peaky Blinders actor Finn Cole is to star in Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new comedy-horror Slaughterhouse Rulez.
© BBC/Fremantle Productions No more Count Arthur Strong on TV
BBC drops sitcom after its third series
07/08/2017 … The BBC is pulling the plug on Count Arthur Strong’s TV show.